Curtain and shade fixture



June l6, 1:93l. -w. A. SCHOLLMEYER 1,310,146

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Patented its is, 1931 warren srATEs isiai e WILLIAM A. sononmrnx na, or yonxnns, New Year;

CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE A Application filed August'l, 1929; Serial No. 382,657.

This invention relates to curtain and shade fixtures.

. The invention has for its salient object to provide a fixture that is simple and practical in construction and comprises a minimum number of parts.

Another object ofthe invention is to pro-- vide a fixture so constructed and arranged as to form a simple and effective support for a so arranged'that the curtain can be easily and quickly adj usted as to length and secur'edin position on the fixture.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fixture so constructed and arranged as to form a combination support for a shade roller, curtain and valance.

Further objects of the invention willappear from the following specification taken in connection with the drawings, which form a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is an elevational view, partly broken away, of a window having mounted in the frame thereof a fixture constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken substantially on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one end portion of the fixture;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a strip used to secure the upper edge of the curtain to the fixture;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the upper edge of the curtain wound around the strip;

Fig. 6 is a taken through ture and showing acurtain and valance secured thereto; and

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the fixture.

The inventionbriefly described consists of a fixture having means at the ends thereof for supporting a shade roller and means intermediate the ends thereof for supporting a curtain and curtain panel or like article. The curtain and panel supporting means consists of longitudinal channels opening in opposite directions and adapted to receivethe upper edges of the curtain and panel respectively.

transverse sectional elevation receive the ends of a shade roller.

. opening 925 and 26 formed thereon by-means of bendthe central portion of the fix- Furtherdetails of the invention will ap pear from the following description.

7 I Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown a window frame 10 in which are mounted upper and lower window sashes 11 and 12.

' The curtain fixture preferably comprises a a pair of slidablyconnectedsections 15 and 16 having flanges 18 and19 at the ends thereof. Each flange has secured thereto or formed thereon a'socket 20, 21? adapted to .The sockets may,,if desired, be struck up out of the material of the flanges.

7 Each of the sections 15, 16,

and downwardly opening channels ing back the material on itself. The channels are formed wide enough to permit the entry-thereinto of the upper edges of the curtaln 30 and valance 31. If desired, these upper ed es maybe wound around a strip 82 of suitab e materlal, such as cardboard or celluloid. The manner of securing these edges in thechannels is particularly shown in'Fig. 6.

The upper edge of thecurtain will be wound around a strip 32 to a suificient extent to take up the desired amount and permit the curtain to hang properly-andto extend clownwardly the desired extent. The valance is secured in the channel 26 in a like manner.

It will be obviousfrom the foregoing description that a fixture such as that described w ll greatly facilitate the hanging of ourtains and curtain parts, such as valances or panels, since no hem is required at the top or upper edge of the parts to be hung and these edges may be wound around the strips to a sufficient extent to take up the desired amount. After the curtains have been washed they are usually not the same length as before and this often requires the hems to be taken up or let out in order that-the cur- Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been particularly shown and descr1b-ed,1t will be understood that the invention is capable of modification and that has upwardly 7 changes in the construction and in the arrangement of the various cooperating parts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, as expressed in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A fixture of the character described having end portions provided with sockets for supporting a shade roller, and having a central portion provided with a longitudinal channel adapted to receive and support the upper edge of a curtain 2. A fixture of the character described having end portions provided with sockets for supporting a shade roller, and having a central portion ;)rovided with a. longitudinal, upwardly opening, channel adapted to receive and support the upper edge of a-curtain.

3. A fixture of the character described having flanged portions provided with sockets for supporting a shade roller. and having a central portion provided with a longitudinal channel adapted to receive and support the upper edge of a curtain.

4. A fixture of the characterdescribed having end portions provided with sockets for supporting a shade roller, and having a central portion provided with an upwardlyopening and a downwardly opening longitudiually extending channel adapted to re ceive the upper edges of curtains and to sup port the curtains. V V

5. A fixture of the character described having an upwardly opening and a downwardly opening longitudinal 7 extending channel adapted to receive the upper edges of curtainsand to support the curtains.

6. A fixture of the character described h aving end portions provided with sockets for supporting a shade roller, and having a central portion provided with a longitlnilinal channel adapted to receive and support the upper edge of a curtain, and means to retain the edge of the curtain in said channel.

WILLIAM A. SCHQLLMEYER. 

